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This cemetery sits on top of a lonely hill called Inspirational Point overlooking fertile farm land south of Nowata Oklahoma, formely Cooweescoowee District Cherokee Nation Indian Territory. ***
On Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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Courtesy of Jo Crabtree and GenWeb
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This website belongs to John and Sharlee Birge Farrell
BENJAMIN E. HALL FAMILY
BURIED IN
THE TAYLOR CEMETERY
NOWATA CO OKLAHOMA
Photo taken September 11, 2006
by John and Sharlee
This is a fairly good size cemetery, with just a hand full of headstones still visable and most of those have been knocked down.
To: Sharlee
I was doing some web browsing and ran across the article for the Taylor cemetery near
Nowata OK. Your name was at the bottom of the web page.
I grew up around that cemetery and remember playing on and near there as a kid.
My grandfather owned the land just below the hill which butted up to
the cemetery (Henry Vice was my grandfather; Mr. Manual from Bartlesville later
bought this place when my grandfather had to move to town due to health) I don’t
know when My grandfather bought the place but he had been there a few years.
My dad bought the adjoining land on the other side of the creek (Winford Vice).
I lived there. They have since sold the land and we have all moved on.
What I remember most of this cemetery was the old graves. There was also a large
sandstone rock that was shaped like a bowl. I was told that rock was used by the
Indians to grind their flour in. Most of the headstones were knocked over even back
then but there were still some standing. I wish I had some pictures of the area but
we never took any.
Take care,
Rick Vice
To: Sharlee
The bowl (which was really a large rock hollowed out in a bowl shape) was on the
west side of the entrance gate. It looks as if some roads have been added since
I was there many years ago (using Google maps).
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TAYLOR CEMETERY FROM GOOGLE EARTH
You may use any part of the email.
I did find your pictures and they were a great reflection back in time. I never
knew anyone that was buried there, from my recollection they had stopped using
it well before I was born. I don’t even recognize any of the names of
families that are buried there. I did know the Pecks (one mom and daughter,
I think they were kind of the volunteer care takers of the cemetery)
Charlie Harshman and Blythe Dunn also lived near there. The only Rose I knew
was Pete Rose and his wife (I can't remember her name). They were old back then.
They lived on the west side of the property and across the creek. My grandfather
and grandmother that did have the property adjoin the cemetery are buried in Nowata.
From my best recollection the sandstone rocks would have been in the area I
highlighted in red (on the attachment).
I had heard stories that there were civil war soldiers buried there but the
only thing to back that up was the one gravestone that had a PVT listed. We
also heard stories of Indian fighters buried there but again nothing to back
that up. My mom and dad are still alive and they may be of a better source
of information than me. I can contact them if you have any questions. They
were more from the Talala Area and moved to Nowata in the 50's. I am not
sure when my grandfather purchased this property.
Keep up the good work,
Rick Vice
LILY ANN DAY
First Wife of Benjamin E. Hall
and Mother of Frank, Laura (md Charles Franklin Brannan) and Henry Hall. As you can see this is a really large stone that has been knocked over. She is buried next to her sons and grandchild.
Special THANKS to Lori for providing LILY's full name.
Infant Daughter of Henry and Edith Smith Hall
Henry Hall
Son of Benjamin E. and Lily DAY Hall
Frank Hall
Son of Benjamin E. and Lily DAY Hall
This flat native stone lay between Lily and the tree in high brush.
It appears to say
"H. H. Hall" with other writing on the rock.
Could this be Harrison H. Hall, father of The Hall's of Nowata OK?
On September 17, 2006 John and I went back to Taylor Cemetery and gave this stone a bath. There are NO dates on it. It is a homemade stone. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hall. Per Lori's Mother, yes, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison H. Hall are buried here.
BENJAMIN E. AND DELLA TANNER HALL are both buried in the Englewood Cemetery Clinton Henry Co MO. Thanks again to Benjamin's Great Great Granddaughter Lori
This stone of Alexander Brown was near by
Another large stone, knocked off its pedestal.
Don't know anything about him, yet, hopefully one day we will. Just afraid his stone will be broken more before someone can claim him.
Taylor Cemetery was dedicated August 11, 1905 on the John Forsythe farm,"
occupied by John Sigler. Rev. Lamb officated 3:00 Sunday Afternoon. They
had dinner and a program.
This cemetery was canvassed by Jeannie Inman & Elsie Berg.
It has been submitted for online use with their permission.
Most of these graves do not have headstones at all.
It was also canvassed by James W. & Alice Tyner in 1969-- 24 graves
those graves have {* a bracket & asterik to indicate their records
** asteriks indicate records taken from the 1898 diary of Elizabeth
Taylor wife of G.W. Taylor. Her records also indicate the orginial
name of the cemetery was "Glendale Cemetery".
I contacted Jo Crabtree about the diary. She told me on Sept 18, 2006 that the
diary was under lock and key. That it was to fragile too handle. That everything in
the diary is up on the internet.
If you look at the pictures courtesy Jeannie Inman and Jo Crabtree on the Nowata County Genweb site, the Hall Family stones are pictured on the right. Look, they are still standing when Jeannie and Jo took their pictures..... Sharlee
Link back to Benjamin Hall Family Tree
LINK BACK TO COX HALL ZELGAR BLACKURN FAMILY TREE
LINK BACK TO SHARLEE'S HOMEPAGE